Churn-dasher



(Model) J. E. FINLBY.

Churn Dasheln.

No. 237,735. Patented Feb. 15,1881.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN E. FINLEY, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

CHURN-DASHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 237,735, dated February 15, 1881.

Application filed September 1, 1880. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN E. FINLEY, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Memphis, in the county of Shelby and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Churn-Dashers; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, makinga part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in churn-dashers constructed of a cross of metal, to the arms of which are attached sections of wood by means of screws or rivets. The ends of the metal are so shaped that the wooden sections are secured at an angle of about thirty degrees, and in the center of these sections of wood I place a perforated disk in sncha manner that the dasher will revolve by the force of the milk or fluid as the dasher is operated in the process of churning; secondly, by the changing or tightening of the screw to remain stationary on the staff and cause the cream or milk to be forced through the angles of the dasher and through the perforated disk of the same; thirdly, to supply a chnrn-dasher which requires a much less power to operate than the ordinary churn-dasher. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of the dasher, showing the castings with wooden sections and centrallyarranged perforated disk. Fig. 2 is a top view of the dasher and the position of its several parts, with staif in cross-section.

Similarletters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

D is the staif of the dasher, to which is attached the thimble T on the lower end of the staff D.

G (J O 0 represent a casting with four arms, to which are secured the wood parts of the dasher AA A A by means of rivets R R R It. Through this casting O G O 0 there is a hole,

H H, which forms a hub or bearing on which the dasher revolves when secured to the staif D by means of the screw S, or, by the tightening of the screw S, the dasher is made stationary and the fluid is forced through the angles of the dasher.

B is a perforated disk, placed under the dasher by means of a hole through its center, and the milk or cream is forced through this disk when the dasheris operated, which will break the globules containing the butter, and after the process of churning it acts as a gatherer to collect the butter.

The ends of the casting O (J O G, to which are secured the wooden sections of the dasher A A A A by means of the rivets R R E It, are shaped at an angle of about thirty degrees and all set at the same angle, so that when the dasher is operated, by means of the staff being raised up and lowered, the dasher will revolve rapidly unless the screw S is tightly drawn, in which case the cream will be forced rapidly through the dasher, which, in either case, will greatly hasten the process of buttermaking; and in case of the wooden sections wearing out they can easily be replaced, and as the casting is made of malleable iron it makes a cheap and durable dasher.

I am aware that in the construction and manufacture of churn-dashers various revolving dashers have been made, and that perforated disks have been employed but What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The churn-flasher herein-described, consisting of the casting U G O G, with its ends slanting at a suitable angle, to which are attached sections A A A A and the centrally arranged perforated disk B, pivot H, and staff D, as

Attest:

J. S. GALLOWAY, J. E. FROST. 

